Beyond fake news: the "constructed realities" of the polarized world
by Cory Doctorow from on (#22YH8)
Gilad Lotan -- our favorite fake-news sleuthing data-scientist -- writes about the problem of not-quite-fake news, which is much more pernicious than mere lies: it's news that uses attention-shaping, one-sided "news" accounts that divide their readers into their own "constructed realities." (more")